Alex Norton is a Scottish television, film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, and Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down. He played eleven roles in Bill Douglas' 1986 film Comrades and has starred in the key films of Bill Forsyth (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero and Comfort and Joy) as well as big Hollywood productions like Braveheart, White Hunter Black Heart and Patriot Games. He was one of the founder members of the 7:84 company, touring Scotland with The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil in the 1970s.
Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Bellamy
Comfort and Joy Trevor
Local Hero Watt
Complicity Kenny Garnet
Blame It on the Bellboy Alfio
Patriot Games Dennis Cooley
A Sense of Freedom Malkie
Beautiful Creatures Det Insp Hepburn
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale Harding
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot McAngus
The Game Tam
Lucky Sunil Des Organ
Sir Billi Butler / Baron McToff (voice)
Dead on Time Foreigner
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil Various
Billy Bongo
The Count of Monte Cristo Napoleon Bonaparte
Leaving Tommy
When Saturday Comes Factory Boss
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend Self
Braveheart Bride's Father
Still Game: The Story So Far Self
Sean Connery: In His Own Words Self
Ooh the Banter! Self (archive footage)
Two Doors Down Eric
The Hunch
Travelpass - It's Just the Ticket
Gregory's Girl Alec
Little Voice Bunnie Morris
Comrades Lanternist, Sergeant Bell, Diorama Showman, Laughing Cavalier, Wollaston, Ranger, Tramp, Sea Captain, McCallum, Silhouettist, and Mad Photographer
Scandal Detective Inspector
An Ungentlemanly Act Chief of Police Ronnie Lamb
Deacon Brodie Alisdair Gilzean
Hidden City Hillcombe
Orphans Hanson
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale Harold
Every Picture Tells a Story William Scott
Chernobyl: The Final Warning Dr. Andreyev
Under Suspicion Prosecuting Lawyer
White Hunter, Black Heart Zibelinsky
Les Misérables General
Robin Hood Harry
White Goods Paul Ryan
Just Another Saturday
Down Among the Big Boys Dan Gibbons
The Thin End of the Wedge John
Countdown to War Stalin
Dragon Rider Gravelbeard (voice)
Dream Me Up Scotty! Presenter
Shows
The Bill
Taggart DCI Matt Burke
Renford Rejects
The Sweeney Gibson
Lovejoy Murray McNally
Unsolved
Blackadder McAngus, Duke of Argyll
Backup
Bad Boys Malky 'Tissue' Mulhernen
Good Omens Tulloch
Shetland Cameron Watt
Two Doors Down Eric
The One Game The Conjuror
Bergerac Acupuncturist
The Crow Road Lachlan Watt
Extremely Dangerous DCS Wallace
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant
Hatton Garden Kenny Collins
Hamish Macbeth Duncan Soutar
Waterloo Road Gerard Findlay
